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Coastkeeper goes International – Talking Trash in Hawaii

At the end of March 2011, I was fortunate to spend five days immersed in plastic pollution and marine debris at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i.  Hosted by NOAA and the …

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Beach Cleanups Exposed: Beyond the Beach

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post about the Ocean Conservancy’s 25-year report, the data extracted from beach cleanups can influence political, industrial and social change.  Take a long walk on this beach with me… GOVERNMENT …

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Beach Cleanups Exposed: The Ocean Conservancy’s 25 Year Report on Marine Debris

Coastkeeper loves beach cleanups. We host at the very least two beach cleanups a month.  Aside from the obvious—we want beautiful beaches and healthy oceans—why?  So much more rides on these cleanups.  Ocean Conservancy just …

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Whole Food Donates for Clean Beaches

If you’ve ever considered stocking up on supplies, do it APRIL 6 at the Hillcrest Whole Foods. You never know when disaster might strike!  It’s best to stay safe with tons of vitamins and canned …

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Stormwater Management to Community Cleanups: Keeping San Diego Clean

Once litter gets out into the environment, it starts to move. It’s the Great Trash Migration. The ultimate destination is our ocean, but the trash starts many miles inland, and through a series of encounters …

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The Great Trash Migration

  At any moment, millions of individuals are migrating. Literally tons of animal mass moving from the ocean depths to the surface (zooplankton’s diel vertical migration), from the North Pole to Baja California and back …

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Shocker! Cleanup data shows plastic still plagues San Diego beaches.

One of the best things about San Diego Coastkeeper’s beach cleanup program is the collection of data by our volunteers. While some volunteers find the idea of tallying up hundreds of cigarette butts or pieces …

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Ten things I hate about plastics

About a year ago, I started noting everyday products in my life that have some amount of plastic in them. Do you know what I realized? It’s in virtually everything. For practical purposes, I can …

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Hardcore Bridgepoint Heroes brave rain to clean up Mission Beach

Photo credit Allen Beauchamp I don’t know what you define as “hardcore,” but I think showing up for an outdoor volunteer event during a rare San Diego downpour fits the bill. The team from Bridgepoint …

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Confessions of a Momentarily Lapsed Environmentalist

  I have a confession. Last week, I drank bottled water from a single-use plastic bottle. I didn’t mean to, but I was at choir practice, and I was really, really thirsty after all that …

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Coastkeeper goes International – Talking Trash in Hawaii

At the end of March 2011, I was fortunate to spend five days immersed in plastic pollution and marine debris at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i.  Hosted by NOAA and the …

Read More

Beach Cleanups Exposed: Beyond the Beach

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post about the Ocean Conservancy’s 25-year report, the data extracted from beach cleanups can influence political, industrial and social change.  Take a long walk on this beach with me… GOVERNMENT …

Read More

Beach Cleanups Exposed: The Ocean Conservancy’s 25 Year Report on Marine Debris

Coastkeeper loves beach cleanups. We host at the very least two beach cleanups a month.  Aside from the obvious—we want beautiful beaches and healthy oceans—why?  So much more rides on these cleanups.  Ocean Conservancy just …

Read More

Whole Food Donates for Clean Beaches

If you’ve ever considered stocking up on supplies, do it APRIL 6 at the Hillcrest Whole Foods. You never know when disaster might strike!  It’s best to stay safe with tons of vitamins and canned …

Read More

Stormwater Management to Community Cleanups: Keeping San Diego Clean

Once litter gets out into the environment, it starts to move. It’s the Great Trash Migration. The ultimate destination is our ocean, but the trash starts many miles inland, and through a series of encounters …

Read More

The Great Trash Migration

  At any moment, millions of individuals are migrating. Literally tons of animal mass moving from the ocean depths to the surface (zooplankton’s diel vertical migration), from the North Pole to Baja California and back …

Read More

Shocker! Cleanup data shows plastic still plagues San Diego beaches.

One of the best things about San Diego Coastkeeper’s beach cleanup program is the collection of data by our volunteers. While some volunteers find the idea of tallying up hundreds of cigarette butts or pieces …

Read More

Ten things I hate about plastics

About a year ago, I started noting everyday products in my life that have some amount of plastic in them. Do you know what I realized? It’s in virtually everything. For practical purposes, I can …

Read More

Hardcore Bridgepoint Heroes brave rain to clean up Mission Beach

Photo credit Allen Beauchamp I don’t know what you define as “hardcore,” but I think showing up for an outdoor volunteer event during a rare San Diego downpour fits the bill. The team from Bridgepoint …

Read More

Confessions of a Momentarily Lapsed Environmentalist

  I have a confession. Last week, I drank bottled water from a single-use plastic bottle. I didn’t mean to, but I was at choir practice, and I was really, really thirsty after all that …

Read More